Alphabear (App)

Title: Alphabear

Developers: Spry Fox

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Alphabear is available for Android phones and iOS devices.



STEPH SAID

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Alphabear gives a new twist to puzzle word games. You have to create words with the small number of letters you have available. Each letter you use is one space where bears can grow, giving you points and power ups. Each letter you don't use gets a number from its countdown subtracted. Once a letter reaches zero, it turns to stone and a bear can't grow in its place. You also get cute, squared bears on each level. You can use them later to give you boosts. 

It is simple, yet challenging and addicting. Having a small amount of random letters to choose from makes you think hard for clever ways to use most of the letters in one go.  The timed version is even harder. So, you are exercising your brain without even realizing it. As an added bonus Alphabear has beautiful graphics and an easy to understand interface.

The only thing I don't enjoy is the currency to play games. You have to use honey to enter a game, but even if you have the full amount of honey you can have at one time, you'll only be able to play two games in one go. Then, you'll have to wait for the honey to fill up again. Which means that when I want to play, I can't, and when I can, I don't remember to. You can always buy more honey with real cash, of course.